We can beat Morocco to win our first CHAN title – Eagles

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Festus Abu

Nigeria assistant coach Salisu Yusuf believes the Super Eagles can overcome 2018 CHAN hosts Morocco  in Sunday’s final to win the tournament exclusively for African players plying their trade in their countries for the first time.

The Eagles have not won the tournament since its inception in Ivory Coast in 2009, and their best performance at  the tournament  came when the late Stephen Keshi guided them to a third-place finish  at the  2014 edition in South Africa.

Nigeria reached their first final in the championship following their 1-0 semifinal  defeat of Sudan in  Marrakesh  on Wednesday – after Morocco beat their North African rivals Libya 3-1 in the first semifinal in Casablanca on  the same day.

And Salisu, who is in charge of the CHAN assignment,  on Thursday expressed his excitement at the prospect of making history as the first manager to win…



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